
Fourth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Order under the Emperors Autograph special cypher
Fourth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Order under the Emperors Autograph special cypher
Secret Papers
MARC-12042023-418
April 13, 2023 at 2:43:41 AM
National Archives Of India
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Fourth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Order under the Emperors Autograph special cypher
The National Archives of India is located at the intersection of Rajpath and Janpath Road
Foreign
August 19 , 1857
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Mutiny
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April 11, 2023 at 8:00:00 PM
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Mohammed Abdulkarim
English

The Translation and Comment
by
Mohammed Abdulkarim:
of Original Document:
To—The Special Slaves, Worthy of Favours and Kindness, the Members of the Court.
Consider yourselves receiving mercies and learn: That as agreeably to the request of you, devoted and zealous servants of the State, you are being empowered to arrange and work out all matters and affairs, general and particular, connected with the collecting of the Revenue from the Country, and the bringing to a satisfactory issue the project of aloan from the Merchants and influential men of the City, it is incumbent on you to act with zeal and integrity in the matters with which you have been entrusted, and that you should make efficient arrangements for carrying on the operations of war, and for obtaining final victory over the hostile host of infidels, as well as for protecting the City and its inhabitants. All your acts and arrangements will be approved of and sanctioned. In reference to you, no representations of any interested parties whatever will be heeded; and in all such orders as may emanate from your Court, none of the servants of the State, nor the Princes Royal, will in any way interfere. The money you may collect on account of the loan fiom the Merchants and the influential men of the City, will be deposited in your Court, and will be expended in paying the Army, and on account of the necessities of the Magazine, &c , and when the Revenue of the Country shall have been realized, first of all the loan from the City Merchants, together with its interest, shall be repaid. Be assured of our kindness.